TF-104G 27+08 at TSLw 3 (Technische Schule der Luftwaffe 3) Fassberg AB in March 2003

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5709, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3038, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); Lockheed test flights at Palmdale coded "61-3038"; acceptance date November 30, 1962 by BABwLockheed
to Germany coded KE+209; airlifted February 1, 1963 to Messerschmitt-Manching for reassambly with a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of "Flying Tiger Line"
DA+038 code for Messerschmitt functional test flight March 20, 1963; BABwMTT acceptance date on April 19, 1963
BB+108 WaSLw 10 at Norvenich AB delivery date on April 22, 1963; February 9, 1964 the "II. Ausbildungsgruppe WaSLw.10" relocated from Norvenich to Jever AB
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; heavily damaged on May 2, 1966 with 389 flight hours
BF+110 instructional aircraft (GIA) at TSLw 1 with 389 flight hours on May 12, 1966
27+08 1976 to Messerschmitt for system modifications; back to TSLw 1 1976; struck off charge order (AVA) October 16, 1985
BDRT reserve airframe at Fassberg AB on May 13, 1987 with training aid code "C059"
restoration April 12, 2006 at Fassberg; moved to Manching for demilitarization in 2007 and owned by Josef Voggenreiter
June 2010 noted locked in a hanger at Manching awaiting release by US authority (Embargo)
transport to the "Gerhard Neumann museum" at Niederaltaich November 15, 2013; stored March 2016 noted
display on stilts and cockpit accessible via a gangway; January 16, 2017 first noted; February 2024 last noted.

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